Roswell 22 Mile Ride Tuesday, July 21st 6pm @ RAP

Ride Description
We are doing the Roswell Ride on Tuesday 6pm leaving from the Roswell Area Park upper parking lot.  Starting at Roswell Area Park we ride through Historic Downtown Roswell.  We then take a few good hills followed by a ride down Riverside along the Chattahoochee, with alot of good hills along the way back to the finish.  See the map below for the full route and elevation profile.

A & B Group
We usually break into an A and a B group.  I lead the B group and the A group is led by whatever fast people show up.  The A group is not no drop.  If you get dropped by the A group and don't know the route, stop, consider yourself in the B group, and we will be along shortly...  Lately the A group has been doing a longer route of 25-30 miles.

Don't forget your running shoes and Taco Mac Passport!  
We do a short 1.5 - 3 mile run around RAP after the ride, before heading up to Taco Mac for some well earned refreshment. We usually arrive at Taco Mac around 8:15pm and it's located at 685 Crossville Rd in Roswell, GA. 

Weather Guideline
It's currently forecasted to be Partly Cloudy and 82 degrees which should make for some Excellent riding weather. 

No Drop
The B group is a No Drop ride in case any of you want to ride but are not sure of yourself.  

Big Blowout Last Week
Last week Brian had his tire blow completely in half in the middle of the Roswell ride.  Jay and Brian did their best MacGyver impression with some Gu packs inside the tire to patch the gaping split that went from bead to bead.  He made it about half a mile before the tube pushed through the foil packs and blew out again. 

After seeing Brian's blowout, I decided after 3,000 miles and zero flats to get new tires & tubes put on my bike by the LBS Thursday.  After getting the new tires put on, I had two rear tire flats and one front tire flat in about 35 miles in Cartersville on Sunday...  Apparently the rim strip on the inside of the tire was not positioned over all the spokes when the mechanic put the new tires on.  

Let us hope that we have better tire luck this Tuesday! 

Join us in the Tour de Roswell and Tivo the other Tour
I know that the Tour is just starting to get exciting and Lance has a decent deficit to overcome.  Set your Tivo on record and ride with us on Tuesday night in our own little Tour de Roswell...

Hope to see you there!
Justin



Directions to Roswell Area Park
Click Here for Google Maps Directions to Roswell Area Park
Located at 10495 Woodstock Rd Roswell, GA 30057

Directions once you turn into Roswell Area Park
Go to the first street on your right which will take you up to the Community Activity Center where we park.  Generally we all park together in front of the Community Activity Building where there is access to Water and restrooms.  If there happens to be a swim meet at the Community Activity center that day, parking may be limited in front of the building.  Just park anywhere and ride your bike over to the front of the building at 6pm.

I'm running Late getting to the Ride, how long will you wait?
If you make it into the community center parking lot by 6:00pm the group will wait for you to depart.  As a Triathlete, the expectaction is you will make a speedy transition to your bike in under 5 minutes! 

Contact Info
PM me for my Cell Number. 
It's also on the North Atlanta Multisport Club Directory for members of our club.  http://www.northatlantamultisport.org/